Kids love to cel­e­brate birth­days, so what bet­ter time to intro­duce a new artist than on that artist’s birth­day? I’ve cre­ated a new page on my site to help you plan your artist birth­day cel­e­bra­tions! Just click on the “Artist Birth­days” link on my menu bar for a list of birth­days by month, com­plete with […]

Day of the Dead (or Dia de los Muer­tos) is right around the cor­ner! Don’t miss the oppor­tu­nity to share this impor­tant cul­tural tra­di­tion with your stu­dents. Often mis­un­der­stood, this pop­u­lar Mex­i­can hol­i­day hon­or­s ances­tors and loved ones who have died, and is cel­e­brated each year on Novem­ber 1st & 2nd. This family-centered hol­i­day cel­e­brates the cycle of […]

We had a blast at my Teach Kids Art: “Day of the Dead” work­shop yes­ter­day! I added a new project this year, “Day of the Dead Prints” — inspired by Jose Posada. Jose Posada (1852–1913) was a pro­lific Mex­i­can folk artist and polit­i­cal satirist from Aguas­cal­lientes in cen­tral Mex­ico. Posada began learn­ing lith­o­g­ra­phy (a form of print­mak­ing using a […]